Posted on 2/10/2005, 4:16:23 PM by Pyro7480
Bush press pal quits over gay prostie link
BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Thursday, February 10th, 2005
WASHINGTON - A conservative ringer who was given a press pass to the White House and lobbed softball questions at President Bush quit yesterday after left-leaning Internet bloggers discovered possible ties to gay prostitution.
"The voice goes silent," Jeff Gannon wrote on his Web site. "In consideration of the welfare of me and my family, I have decided to return to private life."
Gannon began covering the White House two years ago for an obscure Republican Web site (Talon-News.com). He was known for his friendly questions, including asking Bush at last month's news conference how he could work with Democrats "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality."
Gannon was also given a classified CIA memo that named agent Valerie Plame, leading to his grilling by the grand jury investigating her outing.
He came under lefty scrutiny after revelations that the administration was paying conservative pundits to talk up Bush's proposals. By examining Internet records, online sleuths at DailyKos.com figured out that his real name was Jim Guckert and he owned various Web sites, including HotMilitaryStud.com, MilitaryEscorts.com and MilitaryEscortsM4M.com.
"The issue here is whether someone with connections to male prostitution was given unfettered access to the White House and copies of internal CIA documents. For a family values administration, that's pretty creepy," said John Aravosis, one of the bloggers chasing the story.
The White House didn't return a call asking how someone using an alias was given daily clearance to enter the White House.
On his TalonNews Web site, Gannon had written that liberals were out to get him because he's a white conservative man who owns a gun, drives a sport-utility vehicle and is a born-again Christian.
Yesterday, however, he abruptly quit, and all of the stories he wrote were erased from the Web site. A great many were on gay issues, including one detailing John Kerry's "pro-homosexual platform" that was headlined mockingly, "Kerry Could Become First Gay President."
Ya think?
What is the source of this "information"?
Ofcourse. The Williams story didn't have legs, so they are pinning their hopes on this one.
Williams story?
gay prostitution
That sounds like a cause the libs champion. Was there as much ruckus generated from the left when Barney Fwanks congrssional apartment was found to be a gay brothel?
BTTT
John Aravosis, one of the bloggers chasing the story.
WHO IS THIS GUY. Has he been on FR?
Isn't anal sex natural and normal? I thought it was a civil right?
Who was Gannon's "partner" in the WH press corps?
I heard it was Dana or Terry.
Now that would definitely be news.
If it's all true, I don't see how the left could push the story too hard. Arn't they the one's who say most often that sex and lieing about sex shouldn't count?
I'd like to hear Barney Franks opinion. I think he should step forward and make a statement.
The DLM (defeated liberal media) won the war against President Bush and the Republican Party by going after this journalist from Talon News. This is the incident that has changed the course of history for ever and brought back the liberals and their media whores to an unprecedented power in American politics. With this earth shattering historical story about this Talon News journalist, all the Red States and Red Counties have turned dark blue.
End of sarcasm.
Anybody who could can write a phrase like this ought to be drummed out of the press corps and forever forbidden to describe himself as a journalist.
He'll probably poo poo the whole thing.
LOL
But I'm definitely worried about this liberal feeding frenzy. IF conservatives ever did this to a liberal reporter the press would back him on "principle." I'm wondering what this guy's life has to do with the questions he asked. I'm also figuring that press room full of liberal kooks has some pretty bizarre personal stories of their own no one is telling.
Barney Franks is a hero for housing an active gay prostitute.
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Where is the PROOF? Anyone can register a website under any time, give a P.O. BOX address -- heck, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that moveon.org registered it under that name, just to slime the guy.
You wonder if this guy was really conservative, or a plant to embarass the admin by pretending to be one, then being 'outed' by fellow lefties.
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